Morning Briefs on the Los Angeles Political Machine for Thursday

Mayoral Candidate Kevin James continues to garner positive media coverage while the "Villar Greuel" creates press via laughable audits.

 Mayoral Candidate Kevin James

Great read in the A.M. via LA Weekly's Hillel Aron on the upstart mayoral campaign of Kevin James. The continuing positive coverage of the James Campaign will surely cause consternation from the likes of "Private Citizen/Political Consultant" John Shallman, who's current client City Controller Wendy "The Villar Greuel", is the candidate that stands to lose the most from increase support for the former US Attorney/Talk Show Host.

Former Republican turned Democratic Politico City Controller Wendy "The Villar Greuel" (right in photo).

Meanwhile, can we give a collective "No Duh!" to City Controller Wendy "The Villar Greuel", who's latest "ahhhdit" of DWP lobbyist contracts concludes with the obvious that competitive bidding is a must when awarding contracts for lobbying work. Of course, this comes after the fact that the connected Mercury Public Affairs completed their work and the likes of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez made more disposable income. We would hope that this latest "ahhhdit" garners another "Wendy Watch" debunking.

** We should note that the "Villar Greuel" running mate Emanuel Pleitez has reached the contribution benchmark for matching funds.This fundraising achievement means that the former Wilson Mule turned Democratic Donkey will now gain access to future mayoral debates to tout his "true Latino roots" over the "Jewish Latino" ties of City Councilman Eric Garcetti.

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Scott Johnson in CD 14